**Reneé POV**
"Hey" I whisper, cracking open the door of Claire's in home office. She spins around in her chair to look at me and I can't tell if she has her air pods in or not.
"Are you on a call?" I mouth, holding my hand to my ear to mimic a phone.
"Nope" she shakes her head "what's up?"
"I'm gonna go get lunch with my parents and then take them to the airport" I tell her "I just wanted to say bye"
"Okay" she smiles "have fun"
I walk towards her, giving her a quick kiss on the cheek before heading out the front door. I hop in my Jeep and head to my parents hotel down the street. I call my mom as I pull into the parking lot to let her know I'm here. They walk together out of the hotel, throwing their things into the trunk and hopping inside. It only takes us a few minutes to get to the restaurant, my dad requested mexican food. The hostess seats us quickly and our server takes our food order.
"So, how was the first night?" my dad asks with a cheerful look on his face, between sips of the biggest margarita I've ever seen in my entire life.
"It was good, we got Sweetgreen for dinner" I say excitedly. Obviously, I wasn't going to go into any detail about the other events that occurred last night.
"Were you guys able to get the WiFi going and everything?" my mom asks.
"I think so, Claire was working this morning with no problems"
"Oh, good" she says as the waiter brings our food and places it in front of us.
"So, I'm actually really glad you guys came out here because there's something I wanted to tell you" I start, my dad looks up from his food and my mother looks slightly concerned.
"Oh god" my mom groans, assuming it's something bad.
"It's not bad, I don't think" I assure her, now wondering if they will be excited for me. I reach into my purse and pull out the little white box.
"Reneé Mary Jane Rapp, what the fuck is that?" my mom asks sternly. I open the box and slide it towards her, I watch her and my dad exchange looks.
"It's a ring" I tell her simply "I'm going to ask Claire to marry me"
"Are you out of your god damn mind, Renee? Seriously?" she asks, she's definitely concerned now. I'm not sure what I expected, honestly, but it wasn't this. I look at her as she waits for me to reply. My heart shatters into a million pieces as her and my dad look at each other again, my dad sighs. I'm not sure what to even say now.
"Do you guys not like her?" I ask, trying so hard to stop myself from not crying at the table.
"No, Reneé. No, she's fine. It's not that. You've only known this girl for what, a year?" she says, clearly trying to talk me out of a decision I have already made.
"A year and a half" I correct her.
"This is a really big decision, Reneé. Are you sure you're ready for this?" my dad chimes in.
"I like Claire" Charles interrupts "I think you should do it, don't listen to mom and dad" god, I love this kid.
"Thank you, Charles" I spit, glaring at both my parents.
"Charles" my dad snaps.
"What? She's an adult, let her do what she wants" he argues, he always has my fucking back.
"I just think you should think about it a little bit more" my dad continues, he's pissing me off now. I can see this all coming from my mom, but not him.
